That guy is extremely lucky to be alive.

/skydiver, 150 jumps

Well...that'll definately take the fun out of life, but it'll sure as hell put the light back in it. 0.o

/Smart enough to NOT jump out of a perfectly good airplane.
//"Airborne rangers jump from planes... They ain't got no goddamn brains."

Must have been shocked when he relized what happen.

What an electrafying story!! yeah, i didnt spell that right, did i? read the comments on the story... haha

hooray for dictionary.com! Electrifying*

Hey, that looks like a headline, only suckier.

Sounds like a shocking experience to me. Ohm the other hand, Watt could really be awful is henceforth being known as Sparky.

/Enable Volting?

Best part apart skydiving is watching the newbs crash into the ground,,,,At about 5 mph that is,Brakes are for sissies.,,..Or release the main shute for no good reason and gently drift 2 miles up the farking fields.

I bet that tickled something fierce.

I thought power lines were supposed to cut power to the line after a sudden surge automatically..I've seen countless squirrels get toasted and the power to the entire neighborhood shuts off instantly.

/but then again this was in Florida

I came here to make a shocking comment and was thusly beaten to the punch.

Is this story current?

Hope he's amped up for his next jump.

It's not the fall it's the amps.

Norm, What's your DZ? I'm at Pepperell (120 jumps).

Theeagle: do you jump? If so what? I actually LIKE doing cross country jumps (exit at 13500, pull at around 10000), as opposed to my horrible attempt at sitflying.

Is he a musician? If so, do his amps go to 11?

"They was giving me ten thousand watts a day, you know, and I'm hot to trot! The next woman takes me on's gonna light up like a pinball machine and pay off in silver dollars! "

RockIsDead

It's not the fall, it's the amps that hertz.

There, finished that pun up for ya.

I am sure this incident gives one time to rethink life.

Oh, and "brakes are for sisses..."

You're a swooper, right? If so, you're using brakes, aren't 'cha. If not, you're not really sure about which you speak, are ya?

On a no wind day, I move about 15 to 20 mph on final. And that's with a ginormous, floaty (slow) Sabre2 210.

Huxley71: I actually LIKE doing cross country jumps (exit at 13500, pull at around 10000)

I did one of those for the jump right before I got my A license back in 2001. The view from up there is amazing.

theeagle: Or release the main shute for no good reason and gently drift 2 miles up the farking fields.

Cutaways suck.

/has had one

Darwin wept.

animalmagnet

nice

Norm:

I've been lucky with that (so far, knock wood). What was your mal?

Hard as hell opening, busted some lines and caused internal damage to the main. It was a few years ago.

I thought power lines were supposed to cut power to the line after a sudden surge automatically

The system protection may not see a low-current, high-impedance fault. I'm just guessing here, but aren't parachutes made out of nylon, which is a prety poor conductor?

One more good reason why you shouldn't mess with downed power lines.

/Reddy Kilowatt's gonna whup yer skydivin' ass.

Bad body position or bad pack job, do you think?

It wasn't on one of my pack jobs. That was an old rig I was borrowing that wasn't exactly known for opening soft anyway. My pack jobs tend to have nice and soft openings (I still flat pack).

Jeez, I wondered what the hell was going on, out power goes out all the time here. We get it from the mainland on what is call the Tie-line. I just went and took a nap, damn I had no idea some dude was tangled up in it. Glad he is ok, I did a tandem with that group about 4 years ago. It rocked....but not that much.

Somehow I don't think he thought his plan all the way through..

Google map hackers don't have proggyammer skillz? Need a hack showing pesky power lines.

/votes for functional eyeballs

And if you've ever had your "keys" tangled up in live power lines, you know just how painful that can be.

/got nothin'

Yet another Windows Media Player 11 viral ad campaign gone awry. Turn it up to 11?

It's electric! Boogie oogie oogie oogie!

I always think of my brother when I read these things, he's got 7000+ jumps now (he's a jumpmaster). He's very safe as an instructor, but I know he still base jumps too...

When I was 16 I did a few jumps. They were with military-style chutes, I think T-9 designation? I won't say they landed hard but man am I glad I was only 150 lbs back then.

To all of you who enjoy a laugh at the expense of a fellow man's severe pain - thanks for your sympathy.